Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

Nikkster

vivatifosi wrote: »

That pink is lovely Nikks. What range/colour is it?

It is Nails Inc. China Town. Think it was free with a magazine.

lostinrates wrote: »

Whohoooo nikkster.


Do you know what it is?

From where it is in the tray they should be tomatoes. Seeds free with a magazine. There's a bit of a theme!

ukmaggie45

Been taking some photos of the back garden from the guest bedroom windows so thought I'd share.

Here's our magnolia tree.



This shows more or less all of the back garden. Though not the patio bit, I'd have had to hang out the window too scarily to get pic of that!



The chimney pots that came from OH's childhood home that we haven't yet decided where to place (these were in our old home, we only brought them here a couple of weeks ago).



Here's the lovely pink camellia to the right of the back garden. It always makes me think of illustrations from Aubrey Beardsley.



Closer view of the magnolia.



This pieris is just outside our living room bifold door to garden. The yellow is forsythia, I've been wondering what the h*ll it was ever since we arrived here, this is the first year it's flowered. Need to do some serious pruning of the other stuff around it to give it a better chance next year. But last spring we thought there may have been a dunnock's nest in the hedge between us and next door, so we left it and then didn't get round to pruning in the autumn.



As you can tell we didn't manage to cut the lawn yet! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Spirit_2

lostinrates wrote: »

Audible sound...crepitus?

Does she have difficult with stability in the joints when mounting? That's a lot of movement on knee ( and hip) unless she has a step on height block.

I really hope the physio helps her a lot.


Presumably biggest risk to knees up there and assuming her horse doesn't fall is jumping and two point seat position or slipping into a poor rising trot technique relying on knee use? I guess wide horses might also be an issue.


Is she any better today? Hope so. How are you?

She does not jump. It has never really been her thing for which I am grateful. There is a mounting block however she will put up with quite a lot to continue riding.

She is sore today and taking ibuprofen but otherwise alright. Horse OK, she was concerned he might be bit stiff but he was fine.

I am a lot better, my levels are quite high and I think that is what went wrong yesterday. The speed of the tipping point rather took me by surprise. I am monitoring myself closely today and will do so for a few days until it settles down. Will not drive if it goes beyond a set level.

Hopefully the garage will pick my wheels up tomorrow and leave me a courtesy car, in the meantime I have to rely on DD to give me a lift to work, so an extra early start for her as I have an 8am meeting and an opportunity for her and I to have a row on the journey.

lostinrates

I am glad you both feel better. I'm just so sorry you have had this big scare. Wonder....was the cake and car after the rising accident? Could stress impact?


. I hope you find something nice to talk a bout.

Spirit_2

Nikkster wrote: »

Good afternoon everyone. You've been very chatty!

I took a couple of pics yesterday, but didn't have time to post them before I dashed out of the house.
Here are the colours I was blocking yesterday:


I thought I'd water the soil I've been tending for the past 3 weeks, growing only mould on the wooden sticks I've used as markers. I was very surprised to find this:


Today it has been joined by a friend :j

That all looks good.

Did you enjoy the day? Any sign of Jelly?

Congratulations on the safe arrival of the seedlings:)

Spirit_2

Yesterday in my madness I bought some seed potatoes, chosen especially for Mr Spirit. They were an old variety called Homegaurd and as OH is a big Dad's army fan that was the deciding factor.

I gave them to him today, they already ahd soem shoots on so no further chitting needed. Explained that they made me think of him and made me smile.

He went off up the garden, dug over my little veg plot and planted them. I was so pleased.

He has just asked "why did Lady Crystl make you think of me?".

I picked up the wrong bl**dy spuds.:doh: Yesterday I truly was mad as a box of frogs.

Have googled them, they are at least 1st earlies and have a good reputation.

Spirit_2

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Been taking some photos of the back garden from the guest bedroom windows so thought I'd share.

Thank you for sharing. That looks so lovely and colourful.

silvercar

I love magnolia trees. Lovely photos maggie.

chewmylegoff

Generali wrote: »

A cast iron pot? Le Creusset (sp?) is expensive but there are cheaper alternatives. If you put a layer of tin foil or cling film between the base and the lid then you'll get a seal as good as tupperware.



Australian sausages are awful. The first thing I try to eat when I arrive at my Mum's place is a couple of local butcher's sausages.

Aussie pies are also a disgrace. Gristle and white pepper in gravy out of a tin. Ugh.

But then....

Mangos. OMG. A ripe mango is only available in the really crap bits of London. In season I can buy a box full for a tenner and they are amazing.

Strawberries are in season about 10 months of the year somewhere in Aus so we don't have those horrible things that are picked white and gassed to turn them red. Except now(!).

We had a lovely, really very nice leg of lamb for lunch. It was almost 6lbs and cost less than £2 a lb.

Leg of lamb was £11 a kilogram in waitrose today!

ukmaggie45

Nikkster wrote: »

Here are the colours I was blocking yesterday:

Looking good! Love the deep pink and green - is the thing PasturesNew thinks looks like a wellie one of your purple shoes? If so, fantastic colour. :T Hope you had fun at the wedding.